The idea behind IOST is to have a new platform where you can create Dapps easily. The main idea behind IOST is to create a platform for scalable applications
that can be built on top of the blockchain:
If you havn't heard about IOST yet, then I would recommend that you read the following:
- https://medium.com/iost/fundamental-principles-of-iosts-blockchain-development-2378d9ca03b5
- https://hackernoon.com/a-primer-on-iostoken-iost-the-ethereum-eos-and-iota-competitor-aiming-to-give-machines-43b0a33df983
I could go into more detail, but here is an article that explains it much better than I could:
https://coincentral.com/internet-of-services-token-iost-beginners-guide/
It has some nice pictures explaining some of the concepts too.
Sign Up:
IOST is doing an airdrop right now. This is interesting considering they are already listed on coinmarketcap and several exchanges.
You can sign up for the airdrop here
- Sign up here:https://hub.iost.io/register?inviteCode=SkMLDL7N7
- Answer questions to earn 20 IOST. If you don't get them right then just continue. The social media tasks will get you plenty of IOST.
Complete social media tasks
- Join telegram group: https://t.me/IOSTHubBot to verify your telegram account.
- Verify your github account
- Verify your facebook account
- Verify your twitter account
More info:
Website: https://iost.io/
Coinmarketcap page: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/iostoken/
Etherscan page: https://etherscan.io/token/0xfa1a856cfa3409cfa145fa4e20eb270df3eb21ab
Symbol: IOST
Contract Address: 0xfa1a856cfa3409cfa145fa4e20eb270df3eb21ab
Decimals: 18
Medium blog: https://medium.com/iost/fundamental-principles-of-iosts-blockchain-development-2378d9ca03b5
You can read more here:
https://medium.com/iost/fundamental-principles-of-iosts-blockchain-development-2378d9ca03b5
https://www.reddit.com/r/IOStoken/comments/850nvq/how_will_service_providers_use_the_iost_platform/